Every morning a woman baked Chapati, an
Indian flatbread, for members of her family and an extra one for a
hungry passerby. She would always place the extra Chapati on the
windowsill, for whosoever needed to eat it.
She noticed a hunchback came every day and took the extra Chapati.
Instead of expressing gratitude, he would muttered the following words
as he went on his way: "The evil you do remains with you. The good you
do, comes back to you!"
This went on day after day after day. The woman felt very irritated.
"Not a word of gratitude," she said to herself. "Every day this
hunchback utters this jingle! What does he mean? "
One day, exasperated, she decided to do away with him. "I shall get rid of this hunchback," she said.
And what did she do? She added poison to the Chapati she prepared for him!
As she was about to place it on the windowsill, her hands trembled.
"What is this I am doing?" she said. Immediately, she threw his Chapati
into the fire, prepared
another one and put it on the sill.
As usual, the hunchback came, picked up the Chapati and muttered the
words: "The evil you do, remains with you. The good you do, comes back
to you!"
The hunchback proceeded on his way, blissfully unaware of the war raging in the mind of the woman.
Every day, as the woman placed the Chapati on the windowsill, she
offered a prayer for her son who had gone to a distant place to seek his
fortune.
For many months she had no news of him and she always prayed for his
safe return.
That evening, there was a knock on the door. As she opened it, she was
surprised to find her son standing in the doorway. He had grown thin and
lean. His garments were tattered and torn. He was hungry, starved and
weak.
Looking at his mother he said, "Mom, it's a miracle I'm here. While I
was but a mile away, I was so famished that I collapsed. I would have
died, but just then an old hunchback passed by. I begged him for a
morsel of food and he was kind enough to give me a whole Chapati."
"When he gave it to me, he said, 'This is what I eat every day. Today,
I shall give it to you, for your need is greater than mine!'"
As the mother heard those words, her face turned pale. She leaned
against the door for support. She remembered the poisoned Chapati that
she had made that morning. Had she not burnt it in the fire, it would
have been eaten by her own son and he would have lost his life!
It was then that she realized the significance of the words: "The evil
you do remains with you. The good you do, comes back to you!"
Moral of the story: Do good and don't ever stop doing good, even if it's not appreciated at that time.
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Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Monday, October 25, 2010
12-Year-Old Earns $3,000 Bug Bounty From Mozilla.....!!!
We reported awhile back (July, technically) that Mozilla had upped its bounty
for bug-finding within its various products from $500 to $3,000—quite a
hefty chunk of change for anyone self-tasked with hunting down bugs
that "could compromise users of those products, as released by Mozilla
Corporation or Mozilla Messaging," says the company.Well, it hasn't taken one enterprising teen too long to pull down his
own $3,000 paycheck from Mozilla. A combination of sleuthing and
programming skills—over a couple weeks' worth of work, reports the San Jose Mercury News—has earned 12-year-old Alex Miller of San Jose, CA the summer allowance.
His bug? A critical buffer overflow and memory corruption issue, which took the seventh-grader roughly 90 minutes per day over the span of ten days to investigate. For those keeping score at home, that's 15 hours of work, or an end salary of roughly $200 per hour for Miller's work. "Mozilla depends on contributors like these for our very, sort of, survival. Mozilla is a community mostly of volunteers. We really encourage people to get involved in the community. You don't have to be a brilliant 12-year-old to do that," said Brandon Sterne, a security program manager at Mozilla, in an interview with the Mercury News.Miller, who's a big fan of badminton, guitar, and building "deadly robots" for Science Olympiad, already knows exactly what he's going to do with his bounty—which his friends didn't even believe he was receiving until he showed them the actual, physical check from Mozilla. The self-taught teen has already donated one-third of his check, or $1,000, to a neighborhood nonprofit organization, Unconditional Love Animal Rescue.He'd also like to buy a new computer—perhaps to speed up his future bug sleuthing efforts—and to get his family some Christmas gifts this year. The rest of his bounty will sit in the bank though, if Miller has his way, it might be joined by some additional funds from Mozilla in the future. "But you still have to do chores," says Miller, adding a little teenage perspective to his new part-time job.
His bug? A critical buffer overflow and memory corruption issue, which took the seventh-grader roughly 90 minutes per day over the span of ten days to investigate. For those keeping score at home, that's 15 hours of work, or an end salary of roughly $200 per hour for Miller's work. "Mozilla depends on contributors like these for our very, sort of, survival. Mozilla is a community mostly of volunteers. We really encourage people to get involved in the community. You don't have to be a brilliant 12-year-old to do that," said Brandon Sterne, a security program manager at Mozilla, in an interview with the Mercury News.Miller, who's a big fan of badminton, guitar, and building "deadly robots" for Science Olympiad, already knows exactly what he's going to do with his bounty—which his friends didn't even believe he was receiving until he showed them the actual, physical check from Mozilla. The self-taught teen has already donated one-third of his check, or $1,000, to a neighborhood nonprofit organization, Unconditional Love Animal Rescue.He'd also like to buy a new computer—perhaps to speed up his future bug sleuthing efforts—and to get his family some Christmas gifts this year. The rest of his bounty will sit in the bank though, if Miller has his way, it might be joined by some additional funds from Mozilla in the future. "But you still have to do chores," says Miller, adding a little teenage perspective to his new part-time job.
Skype Blocks Nimbuzz, Clarifies Mobile Phone Rules..............!!!
Mobile messaging provider Nimbuzz said Monday that it has been
asked by Skype to remove all of its Skype support, making Nimbuzz the
second third-party mobile client, after Fring, to get the hammer from
Skype.
"Skype's decision is unfair to its own and our users," Evert Jaap Lugt, chief executive of Nimbuzz said in a statement.
Skype, for its part, said it's keeping tighter rein over mobile-phone clients than over desktop software. "Our APIs and SDK are designed for third-party hardware and desktop software application development," Skype said in a statement.
Skype seems to be protecting the company's relationships with specific mobile operators. "We only work with mobile operators and handset manufacturers committed to delivering the best Skype user experience, as we've shown with 3, Nokia, Verizon and, most recently, KDDI," Skype's statement said.
Nimbuzz has another theory, one that Skype didn't support in its own statement. "The move is understood to be in line with Skype's mandate to disconnect with all third-party VoIP services ahead of its impending IPO," Nimbuzz claims.
Skype's relationship with Verizon here in the U.S. initially kept the Skype BlackBerry and Android clients from being available on any other carrier, although Skype is also available for the iPhone on AT&T. Recently Skype released a Wi-Fi-only version of its Android software for non-Verizon users.
On Skype's part, the company said it offered to discuss the issue with Nimbuzz but haven't heard back from the other company since August.
There's no widely accepted standard for VoIP and video chat over mobile phones. While there are many clients for the open SIP standard, the proprietary Skype, Fring, Nimbuzz, Apple FaceTime and Line2 systems all have their adherents. Apple has proposed FaceTime as an open standard, but as yet, no other party has joined up.
"Skype's decision is unfair to its own and our users," Evert Jaap Lugt, chief executive of Nimbuzz said in a statement.
Skype, for its part, said it's keeping tighter rein over mobile-phone clients than over desktop software. "Our APIs and SDK are designed for third-party hardware and desktop software application development," Skype said in a statement.
Skype seems to be protecting the company's relationships with specific mobile operators. "We only work with mobile operators and handset manufacturers committed to delivering the best Skype user experience, as we've shown with 3, Nokia, Verizon and, most recently, KDDI," Skype's statement said.
Nimbuzz has another theory, one that Skype didn't support in its own statement. "The move is understood to be in line with Skype's mandate to disconnect with all third-party VoIP services ahead of its impending IPO," Nimbuzz claims.
Skype's relationship with Verizon here in the U.S. initially kept the Skype BlackBerry and Android clients from being available on any other carrier, although Skype is also available for the iPhone on AT&T. Recently Skype released a Wi-Fi-only version of its Android software for non-Verizon users.
On Skype's part, the company said it offered to discuss the issue with Nimbuzz but haven't heard back from the other company since August.
There's no widely accepted standard for VoIP and video chat over mobile phones. While there are many clients for the open SIP standard, the proprietary Skype, Fring, Nimbuzz, Apple FaceTime and Line2 systems all have their adherents. Apple has proposed FaceTime as an open standard, but as yet, no other party has joined up.
two nickels and five pennies.......!!! { story }
This is from an old story, back in the '30s, in the days when an ice
cream sundae cost much less. A 10 year-old boy entered a hotel coffee
shop and sat at a table. A waitress put a glass of water in front of
him.
"How much is an ice cream sundae?" the little boy asked.
"Fifty cents," replied the waitress.
The little boy pulled his hand out of his pocket and studied the coins he had. "Well, how much is a plain dish of ice cream?" he inquired.
By now, more people were waiting for a table and the waitress was growing very impatient. "Thirty-five cents," she brusquely replied.
The little boy again counted his coins. "I'll have the plain ice cream," he said.
The waitress brought the ice cream, put the bill on the table and walked away. The boy finished the ice cream, paid the cashier and left. When the waitress came back, she began to cry.
As she wiped down the table, there placed neatly beside the empty dish were two nickels and five pennies. You see, he couldn't have the sundae because he had to have enough money to leave her a tip.
"How much is an ice cream sundae?" the little boy asked.
"Fifty cents," replied the waitress.
The little boy pulled his hand out of his pocket and studied the coins he had. "Well, how much is a plain dish of ice cream?" he inquired.
By now, more people were waiting for a table and the waitress was growing very impatient. "Thirty-five cents," she brusquely replied.
The little boy again counted his coins. "I'll have the plain ice cream," he said.
The waitress brought the ice cream, put the bill on the table and walked away. The boy finished the ice cream, paid the cashier and left. When the waitress came back, she began to cry.
As she wiped down the table, there placed neatly beside the empty dish were two nickels and five pennies. You see, he couldn't have the sundae because he had to have enough money to leave her a tip.
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